Barred Buttonquail

Latin Name: 
Turnix suscitator
Size: 
15cm
Description: 

Sexes alike. Female slightly larger. Distinctive white eye; dark brown crown; black speck on white sides of head; back speckled with white, black and brown. Pale buff on wing shoulders seen in flight diagnostic.

Habitat: 
Grass, scrub near cultivation, open forests.
Distribution: 
India, south of the Himalaya.
Call: 
Call Description: 
Females a loud drumming during breeding.
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